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Students enrolled in variable credit reading courses for 5 credit hours must complete a seminar paper.
Students who have earned 24 or more semester hours of credit at any accredited post-secondary institutions(s) before the start of the fall 2002 semester must meet the general education requirements stipulated in the UMSL 2001-2002 Bulletin. The following courses fulfill the Social Sciences breadth of study requirements as described in that Bulletin. 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1041, 1042, 1051, 1052, 1061, 1062, 1064, 1175, 2007, 2008, 2219, 2800, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3011, 3012, 3021, 3022, 3031, 3032, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3050, 3071, 3073, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3201, 3202, 3301, 3302, 3303, 3304, 3322, 4001, 4004.
The following courses fulfill the Cultural Diversity [CD] requirement; 1041, 1042, 1051, 1052, 1061, 1062, 1064, 3032, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3201, 3202, 3302, 3303, 3304.
The following courses fulfill the state [ST] requirement: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004.1000 Selected Topics in History (1-3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor. May be repeated with consent of instructor
1001 American Civilization (3) [ST, SS, C]
Evolution of the cultural tradition of the Americas from the earliest times to the mid-nineteenth century, with emphasis on the relationship of ideas and institutions to the historical background.
1002 American Civilization (3) [ST, C, SS]
Continuation of HIST 1001 to the present. Course fulfills the state requirement. HIST 1001 or HIST 1002 may be taken separately.
1003 African-American History (3) [ST, V, SS]
A survey of African-American history from the beginning of the European slave trade to the modern Civil Rights era.
1004 The History of Women in the United States (3) [ST, C, SS]
Same as WGST 1004. A survey of women's history from the colonial era to the present.
1030 The Ancient World (3) [C, SS]
Survey of ancient history in the near east, the Aegean, the central and western Mediterranean. Themes: politics and economy, war and society, culture, including art, literature, technology, religion and philosophy. The chronological span is from the neolithic period (7500-3000 B.C.) in the near east to the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D.
1031 Topics in European Civilization: Emergence of Western Europe to 1715 (3) [C, SS]
Lectures and discussions on the development of Western European society and tradition from approximately 800 to 1715.
1032 Topics in European Civilization: 1715 to the Present (3) [C, SS]
Lectures and discussions on the development of Western European society and tradition from 1715 to the present. Either HIST 1031 or HIST 1032 may be taken separately.
1041 East Asian Civilization (3) [CS, SS]
The development of Asian civilization from earliest times to the Manchu conquest.
1042 East Asian Civilization (3) [CS, SS]
Continuation of HIST 1061 with emphasis on the Asian response to the Western incursion. Either HIST 1041 or HIST 1042 may be taken separately.
1051 Latin American Civilization (3) [CD, C, CS]
A survey of selected topics important in the development of Latin America from pre-Columbian times to the twentieth century.
1052 Mexican Civilization (3) [C, SS, CD]
This course will focus on the history and culture of Mexico from the Aztecs to the mid-twentieth century. Among the topics to be covered are: the Aztecs, Cortez and the Conquest of Mexico, colonial institutions and culture, the obtaining of political independence, disorder and dictatorship in the nineteenth century, the Mexican Revolution, contemporary Mexico.
1061 African Civilization to 1800 (3) [C, SS, CD]
Introduction to cultural history from the emergence of early mankind to the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade.
This course fulfills the Cultural Diversity requirement.
1062 African Civilization Since 1800 (3) [C, SS, CD]
Survey of African initiative and response in the period spanning the loss and reassertion of independence. HIST 1061 or HIST 1062 may be taken separately.
1064 The African Diaspora Since 1800 (3) [C, SS, CD]
An examination of the major developments which have shaped the history of Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic world from 1800 to contemporary times. The course will include a comparative analysis of other diaspora groups. Special attention will be given to themes and issues associated with: slavery, multiracialism, cultural clocks, the social transformation from heterogeneous crowds to the formation of new homogeneous communities, the new elite, and the modern cultural linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic Communities.
1175 Arts and Ideas (3) [H]
Same as ST ART 1175, ENGL 1175, M H L T 1175, PHIL 1175, TH DAN 1175. An interdisciplinary course tied to the semester’s offerings at the Blanche Touhill Performing Arts Center as well as other events on campus featuring the visual arts, literature, music, and film. Each semester the course will provide background on the arts in general and will critically examine particular performances and offerings. Special themes for each semester will be selected once the Touhill schedule is in place. Students will be expected to attend 6-8 performances or exhibitions. Can be repeated once for credit.
2000 Selected Topics in History (1-3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with consent of instructor.
2007 History of Missouri (3) [ST]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. Lecture and readings. Seventeenth-century Spanish and French explorations and interaction with the Indians; settlement and organization of the Louisiana territory; lead mining and the fur trade; the Louisiana Purchase; the Missouri territory; the struggle for statehood and slavery; antebellum politics; banking and internal improvements; westward expansion; Civil War and reconstruction; postwar agrarian politics, industrialization; Irish, German, and southern European immigration; the Progressive reforms--political and economic change; and twentieth-century social changes and political developments.
2008 The History of St. Louis (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. This course will provide an overview of the history of the St. Louis metropolitan region from its founding in 1764 to the present. Main topics will include the St. Louis region before the Europeans, forces leading to the founding of the city, St. Louis as an "urban frontier," the Age of Steam on water and rail, the questions of slavery and the Civil War, St. Louis in the Gilded Age, the World's Fair, early efforts at city planning, impact of the automobile, St. Louis during the Depression and World War II, post war suburbanization, urban renewal St. Louis-style, school desegregation, the Schoemehl years, the emergence of St. Louis "Edge Cities," and St. Louis 2004.
2102 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies (3)
Same as WGST 2012, SOC WK 2102, and SOC 2102. This core class is required for all Women’s and Gender Studies Certificate earners. This class introduces students to cultural, political and historical issues that shape gender. Through a variety of disciplinary perspectives in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, the course familiarizes students with a diverse female and male experiences and gendered power relationships.
2117 Greek History and Culture (3)
Same as ANTHRO 2117
Greek Civilization has had a deep impact on contemporary society in art; social, political, and economic organization; philosophy; law; medicine; and science. This course covers major aspects of Greek history and culture from antiquity to the present. It considers the major political and military events of Greek history, as well as important aspects of Greek culture, including sports and the history of the Olympic Games, literature, philosophy, and mythology.
2219 U.S. Labor History (3)
Examines the history of work and the working class in the United States. It focuses on the transformation of the workplace, the evolution of working class consciousness, the development of the labor movement, the role of race, gender and ethnicity in uniting or dividing the working class, and the nature of labor's relations with other social groups in the political arena. Particular emphasis on the political, and economic conditions and strategies of periods when working class power was growing.
2291 War in Ancient Greece and Today: From the Trojan War to Iraq (3)
Lectures and discussions on selected topics from the Trojan War to the War in Iraq.
2300 The People's Century, Part I (3)
The course provides unique insight into the turbulent events of the last 100 years by combining rare archival film footage with the testimony of ordinary people who lived through the century's sweeping changes and who recount their firsthand experiences.
2800 History of American Economic Development (3) [MI]
Prerequisites: ECON 1000 or 1001 or consent of instructor. Same as ECON 2800. Uses economic concepts to explain historical developments in the American economy, beginning with hunter-gatherers who crossed the Bering land bridge around 12,000 B.C. Main topics include Native American economies, European exploration and conquest, the colonial economies, indentured servitude, the American Revolution, the U.S. Constitution, westward expansion, transportation, the Industrial Revolution, state banking and free banking, slavery, the Civil War, post-bellum agriculture, the rise of big business and antitrust, banking panics, the Federal Reserve Act, the First and Second World Wars, the New Deal, and the growth of government in postwar economy.
3000 Selected Topics in History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Special topics in history. The course may be repeated for credit with the consent of the instructor.
3001 United States History: Colonial America to 1763 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. English background of colonization; rise of distinctive New England and Southern societies; English colonial policy to the Peace of Paris.
3002 United States History: Revolution and the New Nation, 1763 to 1815 (3) [ST]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The American Revolution and the creation of the new nation. The young republic and the development of the first American party system.
3003 United States History: Nationalism and Sectionalism, 1815 to 1860 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Era of Good Feelings, the Age of Jackson, manifest destiny, the political and social developments of the antebellum period relating to the growth of sectionalism and the developing antislavery crusade.
3004 United States History: The Civil War Era, 1860-1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Civil War, Reconstruction, industrial and urban expansion and their impact on American life.
3005 United States History: 1900-1940 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The economic, political, and social developments and crises of the mature industrial United States. The growing importance of foreign relations.
3006 United States History: 1940 to the Present (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic, political, and social developments and crises of postindustrial United States. The role of foreign affairs in American life.
3007 United States Labor History (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
Explores advanced topics in the history of labor in the U.S. including: globalization and labor process, changing meaning and function of gender, labor/community organizing, immigration and free trade, race and labor market segmentation.
3009 St. Louis and the West (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
An examination of the role St. Louis played in the evolution of the North American West, both in the United States and Canada, from the fur trade of the late eighteenth century to the opening of the Texas oil fields in the early twentieth century. Special emphasis will be given to competition between river and rail transportation corridors, and hence to the rivalry that developed between St. Louis and Chicago.
3011 The American West: Gateways and Corridors (3)
Prerequisites: Junior. standing or consent of instructor. An exploration of the history of the American West from the 1750s to present, with emphasis on the role of transportation. Urban gateways such as St. Louis and San Francisco and transportation corridors such as the Missouri River and the Santa Fe and Oregon trails will be of particular importance.
3012 The Indian in American History, 1600-1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of instructor. Investigates Native American encounters with non-Indian peoples between 1600 and 1900, analyzing how traditional Indian cultures changed to meet a variety of new challenges introduced to North America by Europeans and Africans. The approach will be interdisciplinary and ethonohistorical with emphasis placed on case studies of important native nations at key turning points in their history.
3013 The Modernization of the United States (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Studies in the economic, political and social development and crises of the maturing industrial United States between 1877 and 1940, and the growing importance of foreign relations.
3014 History of the Fur Trade, 1600-1850 (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or permission of the instructor. This course surveys the history of fur trading in North America and provides in-depth analyses of specific St. Louis case studies in both the French colonial period and in the era of American settlement and control. The focus on St. Louis and its hinterland emphasizes traditional and recent revisionist historiography that underscores the fur trade’s significant role in forging multicultural alliances, producing international competitions (and conflict), altering ecosystems, stimulating agricultural and industrial economies and influencing American territorial expansion across the continent.
3021 U.S. Urban History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The physical and spatial growth of U.S. cities from colonial times to the present with special attention to the impact of industrialization, public policy, and advances in transportation technology.
3022 Comparative Urban History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Reviews and analyzes the development of cities from a North American perspective focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention will be given to the issue of why North American cities appear and function differently from urban areas on other continents, including Europe, Asia, and South America.
3031 History of Women in the United States (3)
Prerequisite:. Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Same as WGST 3031. Development of women's economic, political, and social role in the United States with special emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; women and work; women and the family; women and reform movements; women and education; feminist theorists and activists; images of women.
3032 History of Women in Comparative Cultures (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Same as WGST 3032. An introduction to the historical development of women's status in a variety of cultures and periods within the areas of Africa, Europe, the Far East, Latin America, and the Middle East. The course analyzes women's political, economic, familial, and sexual roles and the economic, demographic, ideological, and political forces which promoted change and continuity in those roles.
3033 Sexuality And Gender Theory (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Same as WGST 3033.This course examines the ways in which contemporary sexuality and gender theory has challenged and changed the study of culture and history. The course introduces students to sexuality and gender theory in late twentieth and early twenty-first century context [s]. It then explores dynamic links between theory and the formal structures of political economy as well as the informal structures of everyday life.
3034 History of Sexuality (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Same as WGST 3034. This course locates sexuality at the center of history and examines its impact over time on politics, society, culture and economics. In particular, the course focuses on changing definitions of sexual deviance, the historical evolution of formal and informal regulations of sexual practices and on the manner in which sex has been deployed in broader historical struggles involving gender, race, class migration and state building.
3041 Topics in American Constitutional History (3) [ST]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Origins and development of principal institutions and ideas of American constitutional system; role of Constitution and Supreme Court in growth of the nation; important Supreme Court decisions; great American jurists and their impact on the law; historical background to current constitutional issues.
3042 U.S. Social Movements in the 20th Century (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of instructor. This course challenges students to analyze the historical sources, objectives, and techniques of social movements initiated by racial minorities, women, gays and lesbians, evangelical Christians, and many others.
3043 History of Crime and Justice (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Same as CRIMIN 3043. The analysis, development, and change in philosophies and responses to crime. Emphasis on major forms and definitions of crime, the emergence of modern policing, the birth of the prison and the juvenile court.
3044 American Military History to 1900 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A study of American military institutions from colonial times to 1900. The impact of the military upon major aspects of American life. The place of war in American history to 1900.
3045 American Foreign and Military Affairs, 1900-Present (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of American foreign and military affairs since 1900, with particular emphasis on the major wars during the period and the Cold War Era. Consideration of the nation's changing place in a changing world.
3050 Topics in African-American History (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Will explore a salient topic in African-American history. Such historical documents as personal narratives, letters, government documents, and autobiographies as well as monographs, articles, and other secondary sources will be used to explore topics such as slavery and slave culture in
the United States; blacks and America's wars; the African-American intellectual tradition; or, African-Americans and the Great Migration.
3051 African-American History: From Slavery to Civil Rights (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. This course examines the impact of region, gender, and class on black activism by focusing on topics such as remembering slavery and emancipation, institution and community building during segregation, changing strategies in politics and protest, and the emergence of the direct action civil rights movement.
3052 African-American History: From Civil Rights to Black Power (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. A seminar on the activities, ideas, movement centers, and personalities that created the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some familiarity with the broad contours of U.S. history is presupposed. Special attention will be devoted to the roles of the African-American masses, college students, and women, and to the points of conflict cooperation, and intersection between African-America and the larger American society.
3062 Sport and Society (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. This course looks at sport in Western society as a form of social history. The first section of the course covers from early Olympic games through the end of the eighteenth century. The major part of the course deals with the role of organized sport in Europe and the United States since 1840, the political and economic aspects of sports, and the growth of international sports.
3071 Medieval England (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A brief summary of the Anglo-Saxon heritage and the impact of the Norman Conquest, followed by an investigation of the institutional, social, and legal evolution of the realm of England. English development will be viewed in its European context.
3073 Stuart England (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A study of the English revolutions, religious controversy, and the rise of parliamentary power; the social and economic changes of the century; and the role played by England in the European struggles of the period.
3081 Rome: The Republic and Empire (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey of the development of Roman political and cultural life from the legendary founding of the city in central Italy in 753 to the death of the Emperor Justinian in 565 A.D.
3082 History of the Church: The Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A topical study of the Christian church in Europe as an autonomous and central institution from the sixth century through the reformation crisis. Special attention will be given to the relations between the church and the secular world, and the contributions of medieval Christianity to the development of European institutions and ideas.
3083 Europe in Early Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The end of the Roman Empire as a universal entity; the successor states of the Mediterranean and Northern Europe; the emergence of a Western Christendom under the Franks; the development of feudal states; the Gregorian reforms; the Crusades; the revival of education and learning in the twelfth century.
3084 Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Medieval society at its political, economic, and intellectual zenith; the crisis of the later Middle Ages; the papal schism and the development of national particular churches within Catholicism; and the rise of estate institutions.
3085 The Age of the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The Italian and Northern Renaissance as a distinct age; political, socioeconomic, intellectual, religious, and artistic movements attending the decline of medieval society, and the transition to the early modern period.
3086 The Age of Reformation (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. Religious, intellectual, political, and socioeconomic developments of the sixteenth century.
3089 History of Ideas in the West (3)
An examination of some of the more important ideas and debates that shaped the Western world. Topics include Platonic versus Aristotelian models of the universe, Medieval synthesis and the challenge of Renaissance Naturalism, the Scientific Revolution, the political ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Romanticism, Marxism, Darwinian evolution, Freudian psychology, existentialism, structuralism and post-structuralism.
3091 European Social History Since 1715 (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or the consent of the instructor. This is a survey course examining the life of ordinary people in modern Europe. It begins with an examination of economic conditions and the social classes that derive from them. Most of the course explores the conditions of every day life. Topics include demography, marriage and the family, sexuality, children and old age, the roles of women, disease and death, diet, drink and drugs, clothing and housing, leisure and entertainment, and popular attitudes.
3092 Europe, 1900-1950: War and Upheaval (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The impact of World Wars I and II and the search for equilibrium.
3093 Europe, 1950-Present: Peace and Prosperity(3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of the main social, economic, political, military, and cultural trends since the outbreak of World War II.
3094 France in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The history of Republican France. Topics discussed include the creation of a liberal-democratic government; the scandals and crises of the Third Republic; the Dreyfus affair; the rise of imperialism, socialism, and feminism; the impact of World War I, the popular front, defeat, collaboration, and resistance during World War II; and the reestablishment of France as an important power.
3095 Germany in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The course deals with whether or not the Third Reich should be considered the culmination of German history. Problems of national unification, economic development, representative government, and cultural modernism will be considered.
3096 Britain in the Modern Age (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. The economic, social, and political development of modern Britain, 1750 to present.
3097 History of Spain (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. A survey of Spanish history from the fifteenth century to the present, emphasizing its period of imperial greatness and examining the effects of empire on national development.
3099 Eighteenth Century European History (3)
This course offers intensive study of Europe in the period between the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 and the fall of Napoleon in 1815. Particular emphasis will be placed on the theme of the rise of the modern. Specifically, the course will examine the struggle by intellectuals, politicians, and military figures to move Europe forward from the old regime system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke, and Paine.
3101 Modern Japan: 1850 to Present (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic, social, and political development of modern Japan.
3102 Modern China: 1800 to Present (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. The economic, social, and political development of modern China.
3103 Modern History of the Asian Pacific Rim (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: None. A survey course on the modern history of the broad economic region of East and Southeast Asia as well as the region’s interaction with the United States. The course is designed for students who need to understand the political and economic dynamics of the countries around the Pacific Basin and the historical roots of various problems.
3201 History of Latin America To 1808 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Latin America from the pre-Columbian civilizations to 1808, stressing social, political, and economic institutions in the Spanish colonies.
3202 History of Latin America Since 1808 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Emphasis on the attainment of political independence and social, political, and economic developments of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Latin America.
3302 West Africa Since 1800 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Analysis of change in the savanna/forest societies occasioned by Islamic reform and the end of the slave trade, the imposition of colonial rule and African response, growth of nationalist protest, and post independence development
3303 African Diaspora to 1800 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Comparative in scope, the course examines major themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora up to 1800. Themes include: slavery, multiracialism, economics of the South Atlantic system, political dimensions and the social transformation from heterogeneous crowds to new and homogenous communities. Linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic communities of Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as North America will be stressed.
3304 African Diaspora Since 1800 (3) [CD]
Prerequisite: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Comparative in scope, this course uses a comparative methodology to examine the major themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora after 1800.
3401 World History to 1500 (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey of the history of humankind to 1500. In addition, interregional, comparative, cross cultural, and historiographical topics will be considered.
3402 World History since 1500 (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of the instructor. A survey of the history of humankind since 1500. In addition, interregional, comparative, crosscultural, transnational, and historiographical topics will be considered.
3770 Introduction to Transportation (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. Introduction to Transportation provides an overview of the transportation sector, including history, providers, users, and government regulation. The importance and significance of transportation, the operational aspects of transportation modes of rail, water, motor, air, and pipeline: the demand and supply of transportation, and the managerial aspects of these modes of transport will be covered in the course.
3771 History of American Railroads in Global Perspective (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. This course examines how railroads, the nation’s “first big business,” shaped the history of the United States from the 1830s to present. Topics to be covered include railroad development and economic power, tourism and the evolving technology of transportation. These topics will be developed in a transnational context with a primary focus on comparisons among the United States and Canada and Great Britain. To a more limited degree, comparisons will be developed among the United States and Australia and Latin America.
3772 History of Aviation in American Life (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor.
This course focuses on the history of aviation in the United States from balloon flights preceding the Wright brothers through the terrorist attacks in September 2001 with emphasis upon how aviation and aviators have influenced American society and culture. Themes include the evolution of aviation technology, the growth of the commercial/military aviation/aerospace industries, issues of race and gender in aviation, the development of America’s commercial airlines, aviation’s influence upon American art, films, advertising , and literature, the significance of the space race, and the role of aerial weapons of war.
3773 Urbanization and Transportation (3)
Prerequisites: Junior standing or consent of instructor. This course provides an overview of urbanization and transportation in the United States. Besides examining the history of urbanization and transportation, this course offers comparisons between contemporary international urban areas for the purpose of placing the US experience in context. Additionally, the course covers key issues surrounding the planning, development, and consequences of infrastructure facilitating the movement of people and freight in the urban setting, such as financing, transport technologies, political policies, economic growth, and demographic trends.
4001 Special Readings (1-10)
Prerequisite: Consent of the instructor. Independent study through readings, reports, and conferences.
4002 Collaborative Research (3-6)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Faculty-student collaboration on a research project designed to lead toward publication of a jointly authored article. Faculty member will direct the research.
4003 Internship (3-6)
Prerequisites: Consent of supervising instructor and institution offering the internship. Supervised practicum in a museum, historical agency, and other institution offering an opportunity for hands-on experience in public history. This elective course supplements but does not replace requirements for baccalaureate degree in history. May not be taken for graduate credit.
4004 Senior Seminar (5)
Prerequisite: Consent of department and presentation of three examples of formal written work submitted in prior upper-division courses in history. Studies in historical methodology and historiography. Directed readings, research, and writing leading to the production of an original piece of historical scholarship. An exit interview is required. Senior Seminar is required for all history majors. May not be taken for graduate credit.
4011 Curriculum and Methods of Teaching Secondary School History and Social Studies (3)
Same as SEC ED 4011. Prerequisite: Junior standing and TCH ED 3310. A study of the scope and sequence of history and social studies courses in the school curriculum, with emphasis on the selection and organization of materials and methods of instruction and evaluation. This course must be taken in conjunction with SEC ED 3289, Secondary Education Professional Internship. May not count toward history hours required for history major. Must be completed prior to student teaching. This course must be completed in residence. Not available for graduate credit.
4012 Social Studies Teaching Seminar (1)
Same as SEC ED 4012. Prerequisite: Must be enrolled concurrently in student teaching. Addresses the application of teaching strategies, and instructional technology in the classroom setting. Offered concurrently with Secondary School Student Teaching, SEC ED 4990. Not available for graduate credit.
4013 United States History for the Secondary Classroom (3)
Prerequisites: Tch Ed 3310 or consent of the instructor.
Same as SEC ED 4013. This course is required for Social Studies certification. Adapts the themes and subject matter of American history to the secondary classroom and trains teachers in techniques particularly designed to maximize the use of primary sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes of American history, on expanding bibliography, and on choosing methods of inquiry for use in an interactive classroom. Cannot be counted towards the minimum 39-hour history major requirement, but can be counted towards the 45-hour maximum and for Social Studies Certification. Not available for graduate credit.
4014 World History for the Secondary School Classroom (3)
Prerequisites: TCH ED 3310 or consent of the instructor.
Same as SEC ED 4014. This course is required for Social Studies certification. Adapts the themes and subject matter of World history to the secondary classroom and trains teachers in techniques particularly designed to maximize the use of primary sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes of World history, on expanding bibliography, and on choosing methods of inquiry for use in an interactive classroom. Cannot be counted towards the minimum 39-hour history major requirement, but can be counted towards the 45 hour maximum and for the Social Studies Certification. Not available for graduate credit.
5000 Advanced Selected Topics in History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Special topics in history. The course may be repeated for credit with the consent of the instructor.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. English background of colonization; rise of distinctive New England and Southern societies; English colonial policy to the Peace of Paris.
5002 Advanced United States History: Revolution and the New Nation, 1763 to 1815 (3)Prerequisite: Graduate standing. The American Revolution and the creation of the new nation. The young republic and the development of the first American party system.
5003 Advanced United States History: Nationalism and sectionalism, 1815 to 1860 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The Era of Good Feelings, the Age of Jackson, manifest destiny, the political and social developments of the antebellum period relating to the growth of sectionalism and the developing antislavery crusade.
5004 Advanced United States History: 1860-1900 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The Civil War, Reconstruction, industrial and urban expansion and their impact on American life.
5005 Advanced United States History: 1900-1940 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The economic, political, and social developments and crises of the mature industrial United States. The growing importance of foreign relations.
5006 Advanced United States History: 1940 to the Present (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The economic, political, and social developments and crises of postindustrial United States. The role of foreign affairs in American life.
5007 Advanced Studies in United States Labor History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. Explores advanced topics in the history of labor in the U.S. including: globalization and labor process, changing meaning and function of gender, labor/community organizing, immigration and free trade, race and labor market segmentation.
5008 Advanced Railroads in American Life (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.
This course examines the many ways the railroads have shaped the history of the United States from the early 1830s to the present. Among the various railroad-related topics to be covered are the rise of big business, the standardization of American life, and international perspectives on transportation and travel in North America. All students will be encouraged to conduct research in the extensive railroad history collections of the St. Louis Mercantile Library.
5009 Advanced Studies of St. Louis and the West (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. An examination of the role St. Louis played in the evolution of the North American West, both in the United States and Canada, from the fur trade of the late eighteenth century to the opening of the Texas oil fields in the early twentieth century. Special emphasis will be given to competition between river and rail transportation corridors, and hence to the rivalry that developed between St. Louis and Chicago.
5010 Advanced Aviation in American Life (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This course focuses on the history of aviation in the United States from balloon flights preceding the Wright brothers through the terrorist attacks in September 2001 with emphasis upon how aviation and aviators have influenced American society and culture. Themes include the evolution of aviation technology, the growth of the commercial/military aviation/aerospace industries, issues of race and gender in aviation, the development of America’s commercial airlines, aviation’s influence upon American art and literature, the significance of the space race, and the role of aerial weapons of war.
5011 Advanced Studies in the American West (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. An exploration of the history of the American West from the 1750s to present, with emphasis on the role of transportation. Urban gateways such as St. Louis and San Francisco and transportation corridors such as the Missouri River and the Santa Fe and Oregon trails will be of particular importance.
5012 Advanced Studies of the Native American in American History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Investigates Native American encounters with non-Native American peoples between 1600 and 1900, analyzing how traditional Native American cultures changed to meet a variety of new challenges introduced to North America by Europeans and Africans. The approach will be interdisciplinary and ethno-historical with emphasis placed on case studies of important native nations at key turning points in their history.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. Advanced studies in the economic, political and social development and crises of the maturing industrial United States between 1877 and 1940, and the growing importance of foreign relations.
5014 Advanced History of the Fur Trade, 1600-1850 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This course surveys the history of fur trading in North America and provides in-depth analyses of specific St. Louis case studies in both the French colonial period and in the era of American settlement and control. The focus on S. Louis and its hinterland emphasizes traditional and recent revisionist historiography that underscores the fur trade’s significant role in forging multicultural alliances, producing international competition (and conflict), altering ecosystems, stimulating agricultural and industrial economies and influencing American territorial expansion across the continent.
5021 Advanced Studies in U.S. Urban History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
The physical and spatial growth of U.S. cities from colonial times to the present with special attention to the impact of industrialization, public policy, and advances in transportation technology.
5022 Advanced Comparative Urban History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Reviews and analyzes the development of cities from a North American perspective focusing on the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention will be given to the issue of why North American cities appear and function differently from urban areas on other continents, including Europe, Asia, and South America.
5031 Advanced History of Women in the United States (3)
Same as WGST 5031. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Development of women’s economic, political, and social roles in the United States with special emphasis on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: women and work; women and the family; women and reform movements; women and education; feminist theorists and activists; images of women.
5032 Advanced History of Women in Comparative Cultures (3)
Same as WGST 5032. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. An introduction to the historical development of women’s status in a variety of cultures and periods within the areas of Africa, Europe, the Far East, Latin America, and the Middle East. The course analyzes women’s political, economic, familial, and sexual roles and the economic, demographic, ideological, and political forces which promoted change and continuity in these roles.
5033 Sexuality and Gender Theory (3)
Same as WGST 5033. This course examines the ways in which contemporary sexuality and gender theory have challenged and changed the study of culture and history. The course introduces students to sexuality and gender theory in late twentieth and early twenty-first century context[s]. It then explores dynamic links between theory and the formal structures of political economy as well as the informal structures of everyday life.
5034 Advanced History of Sexuality (3)
Same as WGST 5034. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. This course locates sexuality at the center of history and examines its impact over time on politics, society, culture and economics. In particular, the course focuses on changing definitions of sexual deviance, the historical evolution of formal and informal regulations of sexual practices and on the manner in which sex has been deployed in broader historical struggles involving gender, race, class, migration and state building.
5041 Advanced Topics in American Constitutional History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Origins and development of principal institutions and ideas of American constitutional system; role of Constitution and Supreme Court in growth of the nation; important Supreme Court decisions; great American jurists and their impact on the law; historical background to current constitutional issues.
5042 Advanced Studies in U.S. Social Movements in the 20th Century (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course challenges students to analyze the historical sources, objectives, and techniques of social movements initiated by racial minorities, women, gays and lesbians, evangelical Christians, and many others.
5045 Advanced Studies in American Foreign and Military Affairs 1900-Present (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of American foreign and military affairs since 1900, with particular emphasis on the major wars during the period and the Cold War Era. Consideration of the nation’s changing place in a changing world.
5050 Advanced Topics in African-American History (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Will explore a salient topic in African-American history. Such historical documents as personal narratives, letters, government documents, and autobiographies as well as monographs, articles, and other secondary sources will be used to explore topics such as slavery and slave culture in the United Sates; African Americans and America’s wars; the African American intellectual tradition; or, African-Americans and the Great Migration.
5051 Advanced Topics in African-American History: From Slavery to Civil Rights (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course examines the impact of region, gender, and class on black activism by focusing on topics such as remembering slavery and emancipation, institution and community building during segregation, changing strategies in politics and protest, and the emergence of the direct action civil rights movement.
5052 Advanced Studies in African-American History: From Civil Rights to Black Power (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A seminar on the activities, ideas, movement centers, and personalities that created the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in the U.S. from the 1950s through the 1970s. Some familiarity with the broad contours of U.S. history is presupposed. Special attention will be devoted to the roles of the African-American masses, college students, and women, and to the points of conflict, cooperation, and intersection between African-America and the larger American society.
5053 Advanced Studies in African-American Women’s History (3)
Same as WGST 5053. Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course introduces some of the themes of African-American women’s history. By examining the impact of region, gender, and class on African-American women’s experiences across time, the course highlights black women’s applied and theoretical contributions to feminist politics and activism as well as the black struggle for freedom and equality. Topics
covered include: slavery and emancipation, institution and community building, the family and work, electoral politics and direct action protest, civil rights, and contemporary issues.
5061 Advanced Mexican American (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This course explores Mexican American and Chicano history from the 17th century to the present. It does so by examining the making of race and ethnicity in the United States for citizens and foreigners alike. This course emphasizes change and continuity over time and focuses on themes of work, migration, race and identity.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course looks at sport in Western society as a form of social history. The first section of the course covers from early Olympic games through the end of the eighteenth century. The major part of the course deals with the role of organized sport in Europe and in the United States since 1840, the political and economic aspects of sports, and the growth of international sports.
5071 Advanced Studies in Medieval England (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing.
A brief summary of the Anglo-Saxon heritage and the impact of the Norman Conquest, followed by an investigation of the institutional, social, and legal evolution of the realm of England. English development will be viewed in its European context.
5081 Advanced Studies in Rome: The Republic and Empire (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of the development of Roman political and cultural life from the legendary founding of the city in central Italy in 753 to the death of the Emperor Justinian in 565 A.D.
5082 Advanced History of the Church: The Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A topical study of the Christian church in Europe as an autonomous and central institution from the sixth century through the reformation crisis. Special attention will be given to the relations between the church and the secular world, and the contributions of medieval Christianity to the development of European institutions and ideas.
5083 Advanced Studies in Europe in Early Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The end of the Roman Empire as a universal entity; the successor states of the Mediterranean and Northern Europe; the emergence of a Western Christendom under the Franks; the development of feudal states; the Gregorian reforms; the Crusades; the revival of education and learning in the twelfth century.
5084 Advanced Studies in Europe in the High and Late Middle Ages (3)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing. Medieval society at its political, economic, and intellectual zenith; the crisis of the later Middle Ages; the papal schism and the development of national particular churches within Catholicism; and the rise of estate institutions.
5085 Advanced Studies in Age of the Renaissance (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The advanced study of the Italian and Northern Renaissance as a distinct age; political, socioeconomic, intellectual, religious, and artistic movements attending the decline of medieval society, and the transition to the early modern period.
5086 Advanced Studies in Age of Reformation (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Religious, intellectual, political, and socioeconomic developments of the sixteenth century.
5089 Advanced History of Ideas in the West (3)
An examination of some of the most important ideas and debates that shaped the Western world. Topics include Platonic versus Aristotelian models of the universe, Medieval synthesis and the challenge of Renaissance Naturalism, the Scientific Revolution, the political ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Romanticism, Marxism, Darwinian evolution, Freudian psychology, existentialism, structuralism and post-structuralism.
5090 Advanced Nineteenth Century Europe (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. This course is a general survey of Europe in the ‘long’ eighteenth century (from 1688 with the Glorious Revolution in England to the 1815 with the fall of Napoleon). Major aspects of the historical period will be covered, including political, military, social, and cultural events, upheavals, and challenges, but special emphasis will be placed on the intellectual history of the era. Philosophical, political and scientific ideas will be examined in detail to show how they shaped the modern world.
5091 Advanced Studies in European Social History Since 1715: Everyday Life (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey course examining the life of ordinary people in modern Europe. It begins with an examination of economic conditions and the social classes that derive from them. Most of the course explores the conditions of every day life. Topics include demography, marriage and the family, sexuality, children and old age, the roles of women, disease and death, diet, drink and drugs, clothing and housing, leisure and entertainment, and popular attitudes.
5092 Advanced Studies in Europe 1900-1950: War and Upheaval (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The impact of World Wars I and II and the search for equilibrium.
5093 Advanced Studies in Europe, 1950-Present: Peace and Prosperity (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey of the main social, economic, political, military, and cultural trends since the outbreak of World War II.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The course deals with whether or not the Third Reich should be considered the culmination of German history. Problems of national unification, economic development, representative government, and cultural modernism will be considered.
5096 Advanced Modern Britain (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing An advanced study of the economic, social, and political development of modern Britain, 1750 to present.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. An advanced survey of Spanish history from the fifteenth century to the present, emphasizing its period of imperial greatness and examining the effects of empire on national development.
5099 Advanced Eighteenth Century European History (3)Prerequisites: Graduate standing. This course offers intensive study of Europe in the period between the Glorious Revolution in England in 1688 and the fall of Napoleon in 1815. Particular emphasis will be placed on the theme of the rise of the modern. Specifically, the course will examine the struggle by intellectuals, politicians, and military figures to move Europe forward from the old regime system. Particular emphasis will be placed on the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Locke, and Paine.
5101 Advanced Studies in Modern Japan: 1850 to Present (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The economic, social, and political development of modern Japan.
5102 Advanced Studies in Modern China: 1800-Present (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. The economic, social, and political development of modern China.
5103 Advanced Studies in Modern History of the Asian Pacific Rim (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. A survey course on the 20th-century history of the most rapid growth of a broad economic region in East and Southeast Asia as well as their interactions with America. For students who need to understand the political and economic dynamics of the countries around the Pacific Basin and the historical roots of various problems.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing. Lectures and discussions on selected topics in metropolitan history.
5141 Topics in Regional History (3)Graduate standing. Lectures and discussions on selected topics in regional history.
5142 Topics in National History (3)Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Lectures and discussions on selected topics in national history.
5143 Topics in Transnational History (3-5)Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Lectures and discussion on selected topics and areas in transnational history.
5201 Advanced History of Latin America: To 1808 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Latin America from the pre-Columbian civilizations to 1808, stressing social, political, and economic institutions in the Spanish colonies.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Emphasis on the attainment of political independence of countries in Latin America and their social, political, and economic developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
5301 Advanced Studies in West Africa to 1800 (3)Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Discusses both the history and historiography of Africa’s most populous and ethnically diverse region. Beginning with the prehistoric era prior to the desiccation of the Sahara, the course explores climatology and population movement, changes in food production and technology, state formation, the spread of Islam, cultural and political diversity in the forest region, domestic slavery, the Atlantic slave trade and its abolition.
5302 Advanced Studies in West Africa Since 1800 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Analysis of change in the savanna/forest societies occasioned by Islamic reform and the end of the slave trade, the imposition of colonial rule and African response, growth of nationalist protest, and post independence development.
5303 Advanced Studies in African Diaspora to 1800 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Comparative in scope, the course examines major themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora up to 1800. Themes include: slavery, multiracialism, economics of the South Atlantic system, political dimensions and the social transformation from heterogeneous crowds to new and homogenous communities. Linkages between Africans and their descendants in the Atlantic communities of Latin America, the Caribbean, as well as North America will be stressed.
5304 Advanced Studies in African Diaspora since 1800 (3)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing. Comparative in scope, this course uses a comparative methodology to examine the major themes in West and Central Africa and their impact on the history of Africans in the Atlantic diaspora after 1800.
6013 United States History for the Secondary Classroom (3-6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The intent of this course is to adapt the themes and subject matter of American history to the secondary classroom and to train teachers in the methodology of Socratic symposium, techniques particularly designed to maximize the use of sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes of American history, on expanding bibliography and on methods for choosing primary sources for use in an interactive classroom. HIST 6013 may not be used to meet History degree requirement.
6014 World History for the Secondary Classroom (3-6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. The intent of this course is to adapt the themes and subject matter of World history to the secondary classroom and to train teachers in the methodology of Socratic symposium, techniques designed to maximize the use of sources, foster critical inquiry, and encourage knowledge of subject matter. Particular emphasis will be placed on defining the broad and connecting themes of World history, on expanding bibliography and on methods for choosing primary sources for use in an interactive classroom. HIST 6014 may not be used to meet History degree requirement.
6101 Readings in American History to 1865 (3 or 5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American history to 1865.
6102 Readings in American History Since 1865 (3 or 5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American history since 1865.
6103 Mercantile Library Seminar and Readings in American History (3-5)
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in American history that draw heavily upon resources in the St. Louis Mercantile Library.
6104 Readings in African-American History (3 or 5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writings on selected topics and areas in African-American history.
6110 St. Louis: Metropolitan and Regional History (3 or 5)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Directed readings and writing. Principal areas of study will include the St. Louis region before European settlement; St. Louis as an ‘urban frontier’; the impact of steam powered transportation; the crisis of slavery and the Civil War; St. Louis in the Gilded Age; the 1904 World’s Fair and the origins of urban planning; the impact of the automobile; the St. Louis region in the Great Depression and W.W. II; suburbanization, urban renewal and desegregation; from the Schoemehl years to St. Louis 2004.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in European history to 1715.
6112 Readings in European History Since 1715 (3 or 5)Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in European history since 1715.
6113 Readings in East Asian History (3-5)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in East Asian history.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in Latin American history.
6115 Readings in African History (3-5)Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in African history.
6121 Directed Readings (1-3)
Prerequisite: Consent of a member of the doctoral faculty. Directed research at the graduate level.
6122 Collaborative Research (3-6)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Faculty-student collaboration on a research project designed to lead toward publication of a jointly authored article. Faculty member will direct the research.
6123 Thesis Seminar (2-6)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Thesis research and writing on a selected topic in history.
6124 Graduate Internship (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of supervising instructor and institution offering the internship. Supervised practicum in a museum, historical agency, and other institution offering an opportunity for hands-on experience in public history.
6134 History Curatorship (5)
Prerequisite: Graduate standing and consent of instructor. Principles and practices of curatorship in history museums. Historiography and research in material culture; theoretical foundations; methodologies for collecting and curating collections; legal and ethical issues, interpretation, role of the history curator in exhibit and program developments; and responsibilities to the community.
6135 Foundations of Museology I (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as ART HS 6035 and ANTHRO 6135. Concepts for understanding museums in their social and cultural context; history of museums; museology and general social theory; information transfer vs. meaning-making models; museums and communities; the changing role of museums; museums as complex organizations; process models of museology.
6136 Foundations of Museology II (3)
Prerequisite: HIST 6035 and consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as Art 6036 and Anthro 6136. Audience-centered approaches to museology; visitor research and learning theory; philosophical and practical considerations in museum planning; the physical design of museums; creativity; exhibit and program development; collections and curation; the challenge of diversity; the future of museums.
6137 Effective Action in Museums (3)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as ART HS 6037 and ANTHRO 6137. The nature of the work done in museums; how museums are organized to accomplish this work; professional roles and practices; technology and resources used by museums, skills for creative and effective leadership in project management and administration in museums; planning, flow charting, budgeting, team dynamics, and related skills. The course will include several site visits to area museums and guest lectures by a variety of museum professionals.
6138 Museum Studies Master's Project (4)
Prerequisite: Consent of Director of Museum Studies Program. Same as ART HS 6038 and ANTHRO 6138. Research and writing/exhibit development on a selected topic.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in metropolitan history.
6141 Readings in Regional History (3-5)Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in regional history.
6142 Readings in National History (3-5)Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number. Directed readings and writing in selected topics and areas in national history.
6143 Readings in Transnational History (3-5)
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent number.
Directed readings and writing on selected topics and areas in transnational history.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7102 Doctoral Research Seminar in Metropolitan History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of the instructor and advanced graduate standing. Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the field.
7110 Doctoral Proseminar in Regional History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7112 Doctoral Research Seminar in Regional History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the field.
7120 Doctoral Proseminar in National History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7121 Doctoral Research Seminar in National History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the field.
7130 Doctoral Proseminar in Transnational History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Systematic review of the literature and methods of the field.
7131 Doctoral Research Seminar in Transnational History (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Discussion and presentation of research on a special topic within the field.
7201 Doctoral Research Methods Seminar (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Theory based approach to the methods of historical research.
7202 Dissertation Research Seminar (3)
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and advanced graduate standing. Dissertation research and writing on a selected topic in history.